Title, service and family
Walter Blount was the eldest son of Sir Thomas Blount and Margery Gresley, and the grandson of Sir Walter Blount. He was created 1st Baron Mountjoy in 1465 and was made a Knight of the Garter in 1472.
He served Edward IV at the Battle of Towton and was rewarded with the governorship of Calais. His offices also included steward of the High Peak, Treasurer or Governor of Calais, and Lord High Treasurer.
The Mountjoy title commemorated the family’s Mountjoy connection through Sir Walter Blount’s marriage inheritance and became one of the early non-territorial baronial titles.